The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference
October 26th-28th 2011, Chigago, IL
The Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, the 2nd annual Global Benefits Conference, Expatriate Benefits, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, featuring over 30 expert speakers, mainly from governments, international insurance companies and employers, up [...]

Six months after the most significant overhaul of the US healthcare system in decades passed into law, President Obama is still trying to convince Americans of its merits.
Mr Obama marked the bill’s anniversary at a suburban home in Virginia, surrounded by individuals who had felt its benefits.
But a majority of Americans still appear [...]

President Obama’s key domestic policy objective is to reform the US system of healthcare. And the next few weeks will be crucial in determining whether he can deliver the fundamental reform that has eluded his predecessors.
“I am going to keep pressing until we get this done,” President Obama told a town [...]

One in eight NHS trusts has been told it must urgently improve the care it provides, by a new regulator publishing ratings on England’s 392 trusts.
The assessments by the Care Quality Commission show a drop in the number of hospitals meeting basic standards in areas such as hygiene and safety.
But it also said more services [...]

• Cost of care for a person with dementia during course of illness could be £200,000
• 51% of those questioned estimated cost of care in old age to be £10,000 or less
Britain is facing a healthcare “timebomb” as people live longer and the elderly population expands rapidly, the health secretary warned today.
Those who may survive [...]

The Guardian tells the story of how Florida-resident Steve Herzfield turned to globalization in order to care for his aging parents:
“Once staff had been found, he could give his parents a much higher standard of care than would have been possible in the US for his father’s income of $2,000 (£1,200) a month. In India [...]

Patients in the EU may in future choose to shop around Europe for the best and quickest medical treatment, under proposals presented by the European Commission. The proposals will be subject to lengthy discussion and probably changes before becoming law.

Why has the Commission unveiled this package now?
The Commission says there has been too much [...]

There are the odd political moments when you know an unlovely piece of jargon is going to be the key to a story and you just have to make sure it doesn’t slip out between your lips on radio or TV. But you are grown-ups, so I will say to you “prior authorisation”. That is [...]